Mergers and Acquisitions

Term Paper # 101623

Business > Information Mgmt. and Systems
Business > Management

An analysis of the challenges that face executive management regarding diverse cultures and product life cycles during mergers and acquisitions.

1,059 words () | 6 sources | MLA | 2008 United States

Paper Summary:

This paper discusses the importance of knowing where an organization's products are in terms of life cycles prior to merging organizations, either through a merger or acquisition. It focuses particularly on merger's within the information and technology industry. The paper discusses the diverse cultures and products at opposing phases of the product life cycle and the challenges these present for executive management regarding organizational theory and complexity.

Table of Contents:
Product Life Cycles and M&A
Organizational Complexities
Strategic Leadership
Conclusion

From the Paper:

"Contemporary organizational theory addresses this complex demand on corporate management through the development of a management structure designed to strategically operate in a globally integrated environment with diminished physical, spatial, or chronological boundaries: "First, that "global competence" can be defined in terms of developmental dimensions. Second, that, once defined, these dimensions can be developed through global experience"(Caliguri & Di Santo, par.3). Organizations essentially rely on corporate leadership not only to establish and perpetuate organizational culture but to also strategically lead the organization in an increasingly complex environment where incorporating external cultures has become the norm rather than the periodic exception. One imperative for leadership to ensure that combined organizational cultures is smoothly accomplished the tendency for salaried employees to leave the organization if they perceive it becoming something they are unaccustomed to or worse, completely disliking."

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